<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_extra">On Sat, Jun 8, 2013 at 9:58 PM, Mike Miller <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:mbmiller+l@gmail.com" target="_blank">mbmiller+l@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><div class="gmail_quote">
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">If his enthusiasm sometimes causes him to make incorrect statements, then feel free to correct him, just like we correct everyone else.</blockquote>
</div><br>I have. Others have as well, apparently to no effect.</div><div class="gmail_extra"><br></div><div class="gmail_extra" style>To be clear, I have nothing against passion, even passion for old/lightweight hardware. We *need* passionate people. What I think is unhealthy (for the person and the profession) It is when passion becomes so one-sided that the person is unable to understand or even acknowledge that there are a *lot* of different use cases, requirements, hardware, preferences, etc. out there. As another list member pointed out - it's no use dismissing the whole Parallela project just because it ships with Ubuntu by default.</div>
<div class="gmail_extra" style><br></div><div class="gmail_extra" style>While I do focus on server-side linux implementations, I do try and keep a broader view of other areas of linux usage as well: desktop, embedded, etc. I recognize, though that we all have blind spots - myself very much included, and it's in all of our best interests to try and minimize those blind spots. So to that end, I'm willing to have an honest, open-handed, respectful conversation about this.</div>
<div class="gmail_extra" style><br></div><div class="gmail_extra" style>Happy Monday, all!</div><div class="gmail_extra" style>-Erik</div></div>